Africa

Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was...

The Super Eagles are currently stranded in Libya, where the team is to play the second leg of the AFCON 2025 Qualifier game.Following Libya’s...

South African prosecutors say they will not pursue criminal charges against President Cyril Ramaphosa in relation to the controversial farm theft scandal that nearly...

A TikTok celebrity, Odesanmi Opeyemi, better known as Oloba Salo, was shot by an unknown gunman in the Lekki area of Lagos state on...

Veteran Nollywood actor, Jerry Amilo has laid his beloved daughter, Chidera Amilo, affectionately known as Princess to rest following her untimely death on October...

Elon Musk showed off Tesla's upcoming driverless taxi at its "We, Robot" on Thursday evening.The unveiling took place on a lot in Warner Bros. Discovery's movie...

Cameroon’s government has banned public discussions about the health of President Paul Biya, terming it a national security issue.The directive comes as the authorities...

Speculation over the well-being and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has become a hot topic across Africa this week.After attending the China-Africa...

A Harare woman, Melocia Gwata, has sought legal protection from her husband, George Kusotera, citing his excessive demands for intimacy and abusive behaviour.Gwata revealed...

The Ugandan government has partnered with Ghana's Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) to decommission the 39-acre Kiteezi Landfill in the Wakiso District near Kampala.The...

Nigerian comic singer Darlington Achakpo, better known as Speed Darlington, has been released on bail.He was arrested in his house in Lagos State and...

Cameroon's 91-year-old president, Paul Biya, is in good health, the government said on Tuesday in a statement, calling widespread reports saying otherwise "pure fantasy."Biya...

Tragedy struck at the Church of The Brethren (EYN) in Borno State, Nigeria as a pastor reportedly collapsed and passed away during a child...

Three people accused of breaking into South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s game farm and stealing $580,000 in cash that was stashed in a couch appeared in court...

Dorothy Masasa happily walks down a dirt road on a sunny afternoon, her baby securely strapped on her back. Just six months ago the 39-year-old,...

Congolese health officials launched their first mpox vaccination campaign on Saturday, a key step in efforts to contain an outbreak that has spread from its...

Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said on Saturday his Congolese counterpart had refused to sign an agreed deal to help resolve the M23 rebel...

A suspected thief was attacked by a swarm of bees after stealing a battery from a house in Zimbabwe, forcing him to return the...

The best minds in science will be thrust from academic obscurity into the spotlight next week when the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, and...

Kellyrae has been crowned the winner of Big Brother Naija Season 9, themed "No Loose Guard," bagging ₦100 million(976,549.04) grand prize.This season, which began on...

At least 78 people have died after a ferry capsized on Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, just a few hundred metres...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologized for an initial claim that Christians who do...

The Lagos State Government announced on Thursday its plan to ban the circulation of single-use plastics and sachet water starting January 2025.The Commissioner for...

Dozens of people are feared dead after a boat capsized in north-central Nigeria.The boat was ferrying more than 300 passengers on the River Niger...

Eighteen people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town with a manhunt under way to find the perpetrators,...

Six people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, the health minister has announced.Sabin Nsanzimana said most of the victims were...

A zookeeper has been mauled to death by a lion in southwestern Nigeria after he failed to secure the locks on its enclosure when...

US Vice-President Kamala Harris has made a rare trip to the US-Mexico border as she seeks to blunt Republican attacks on immigration. Harris, who last...

The phone line of the Nigerian Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has been compromised.This was made known in a notice issued on his...

Tunisian presidential candidate, Ayachi Zammel has been sentenced to six months in prison for falsifying documents, the second prison sentence against him in a...

President Akufo-Addo has urged global leaders to take immediate action against the severe impacts of climate change, particularly in Africa.Speaking at the UN General...

Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers.They killed dozens of students at an elite police training academy,...

At least 30 decomposing bodies have been found on a boat off the coast of Senegal, military authorities say. The navy was informed of a...

Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital,...

The mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warned on Thursday, adding...

American comedian and actor of Ghanaian descent, Michael Blackson, has expressed his frustration with the Ghanaian government over what he describes as the mishandling...

Cholera, commonly known as a "disease of poverty," continues to claim 115 lives deaths per hour among marginalized communities in Africa that lack access...

Devastating floods collapsed walls at a jail in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria early last week, allowing 281 prisoners to escape, prison authorities said on...

The funeral events have begun in Uganda for Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who was set ablaze by her former boyfriend and later died.Dickson...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has collapsed on the podium while addressing N’wamitwa Day in Tzaneen in Limpopo.He was rushed to hospital.Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi...